Today we continued with more blog discussions starting with Taylor Schaben who had Woodrow Wilson's accomplishments:
+Passed Clayton Anti Trust Act (1914)
-could break up monopolies
-labor unions were given the right to exist
-strikes, boycotts, picketing, etc became legal
+Federal Trade Commission was established in 1914
-investigated companies for monopolistic practices
+Underwood Tarriff (1913) drastically cut tariff rates for the first time since the Civil War
+Federal Reserve System
*America needed stronger banks
*Federal Reserve Act of 1913
*Divided the nation into 12 districts --- regional central bank in each district
*"Banker's Bank"
*Federal Reserve banks could issue new paper money in emergency situations
*Also, helped with giving out loan $$
*Banks within the system helped others from closing due to lack of money
+17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments wre passed:
-Direct election of senators (1913)
-Prohibiton (1919)
-Women's vote (1920)
+Led U.S. during Mexican Crisis an WWII
+Developed Missionary Diplomacy
+African-Americans were for the most part ignored by Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, and the Progressive Movement
+Wilson reinstated segregation in Washington D.C. and also started segregation in the U.S. military
Comments